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Zia’s dad looked up at her and kept staring at her face expressionless Their eyes met Zia couldn’t look at him for more than 2 seconds His heart was in his eyes She could see the pain he was going through She remembered just 5 minutes back before she uttered those dreaded words, everything was so nor, so happyAnd suddenly the environloo her head on his legs His hands did not move to cuddle her hair Zia could feel the emptiness in his behaviour Her eyes became moist The touch of his body made her realise how old her dad is becoht her pretty dolls and lots of chocolates as a co late froifts without understanding the efforts he was taking for her She clinged her hands tightly to his legs and bursted out crying ’I am sorry dad Please don’t misunderstand me’ She cried and cried but none ca away froot up and sat near her dad She looked at her mom, her eyes were moist She went near her dad and touched his cheeks ’Dad Say so dad’ Her dad removed zia’s hands and stood near the’Who is that guy,?’ He said gulping down a teardrop Zia looked at her mom but her mom looked away She wanted that one look of assurance from her to hold her in the ns of co back at her Zia knew she had no escape now ’His name is Jai Sawant’ She stopped She knew his surname itself will be sufficient to create a storm